I had wondered why they were going to lhasa .

我原先感到很好奇，他们到拉萨去做什么。

Lhasa was only eight miles away !

拉萨是只有8英里远！

I pointed to lhasa . The turkish women smiled and nodded .

我指着拉萨，两位土耳其女士笑着点点头。

A middle-class dream of lhasa by expressway is very much in the making .

中产阶级所梦想的，由高速公路开往拉萨正在成为现实。

Before me lay some 50 beautiful photographs of the mysterious city of lhasa in tibet .

在我眼前的是50幅西藏谜一般的拉萨市的美丽照片。